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Smart Energy Finances: Badger acquires smart water solutions & TE Connectivity’s smart grid win

Smart Energy International

This week’s edition of Smart Energy Finances leads with two stories on smart energy acquisitions, specifically Badger meter’s acquisition of Syrinix and TE Connectivity’s acquisition of Kries’ grid monitoring portfolio. Learn more: [link] pic.twitter.com/UbAIDqBu25 — Badger Meter (@Badger_Meter) January 5, 2023.

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Will sweat help us survive climate change?

Grist

Under the relentless sun in Africa, the birthplace of humanity, every living thing had to find a way to beat the heat. Even South America, in the throes of winter, saw unbelievable heat: A town in the Chilean Andes topped 100 degrees F — another all-time high. Deadly heat can hit basically anywhere, catching people off-guard.

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Interview – Expro’s expansion from oil and gas services to geothermal

ThinkGeoEnergy

The significant overlap between these two sectors presents multiple energies for synergy, allowing traditionally O&G-oriented companies to contribute to the energy transition. Climate Change is a significant factor driving this. These initiatives are continually evolving.

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Less air pollution leads to higher crop yields, says study

Envirotec Magazine

Its findings have important implications for increasing agricultural output and analyzing climate change mitigation costs and benefits around the world. North and South America generally had the lowest NOx exposures. corn and soybean yield gains during that period – an amount worth about $5 billion per year.

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Welcome to the Pyrocene

Grist

The Pantanal wetlands in central South America burned. Where fires were not visible, the lights of cities and of gas flares were: combustion via the transubstantiation of coal and gas into electricity. This third fire has unsettled not only climate and biotas, but the affinity between people and fire.

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A North-Pole, How Much Longer?

Mr. Sustainability

In the absence of thick multi-year ice, which can be up to five meters deep, any water that refreezes would take the form of much thinner, more navigable seasonable ice. As long as there is ice in a body of water, any surrounding heat energy is carried towards the ice to make it melt. Good news for boats, bad news for polar bears.

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Climate Corps Alumni Advisory Board

EDF + Business

The purpose of the Climate Corps Alumni Advisory Board is to work in partnership with the Climate Corps team to enhance Climate Corps’ impact and programming through deeper alumni engagement. He/Him/His) Energy & Sustainability Consultant, Cumming Corporation Los Angeles, CA, USA Shorenstein Realty Services (‘15).